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manual of arms was had in the company's
spacious armory, while part of the field
work was done on the Seminary campus.
The Guard passed muster and fully
maintained the excellent reputation which
they won for themselves some years since
and have hitherto held.
MONTPELIER will have the free-delivery
system. The Office has received orders to
prepare at once for its introduction and
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LETTERS uncalled for at the Montpelier
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THE Washington County Conference was
held here last Tuesday and Wednesday,
June 7th and Sth, as reported last week.
Many able speakers We're present, and the
meetings were very interesting and in
structive. Rev. Messrs. Hincks Of Mont
pelier, Hazen of Northfeld, Sheldon of
The Dickinson press., 1887-10-08
Ncst I;utinn Phn1nxrnnl,y

The process Of instantaneous Iho:orraph-
ing Is rapidly becoming an evil! W" hear
talk n!l"ady about specialists in photography
for lnstan'ancoil, pictures since the .Drtact-
i've Camera, us it i; called, was put upon tho
market. The box is 50 small that it. can le
carried anywhere without the si.htcs, iron-
vcnicncc, and, as the little lens at the bottom
is always ready for use, an instantaneous pic
turc can h" taken ut any desired moment.
In Germany, Herr Stirn r.""ntly lru !ucod
before n photo. graphic sori",y cnlargements
to size of forty r'iitnc,"rs from such bic
lures, md ali wcE" remarkably distinct and
well defined. These plate, can also he taken
al different distances and always sharply nu,-
lined. Young mes, TAX" their lady friends Oh,
prom"nad" to be uncorscouslg photographed.
People, young and Old, who have never on
tered an artists studio or II Photographic .pl-
lery viii he nStonisrcl to son their ,cfi;res
freely circulated. Most of all. it is to be
feared that the legitimate business Of the
photographer will br injured by tiles" cam
eras. Any possible mania on desire for
photos can soon be cra,!fod at t.lllmg cx-
pense and after n short term OF practice by
means of this invention. Photographs can
soon he 50 multiplied as 20 bccou.e Il positive
nuisance, al,. from tl:c various considerations
that enter into ,n- matter, 1t docs not seem
SO very easy TO ai.>':"r oar 1uery-"What
neat''-Amerirasi l.Ithosralhe.
The Dickinson press., 1887-10-08

va, Federal outpost some miles nway.
with $500 men.
Military critics from the safe distance both
OF time and space say now that when news
came that Lees whole army was in That
vicinity, though on the Maryland side of tho
Potomac, the garrison ut IIa,pcr's Fcrry
should have either lrrrn strengthened or tho
place evacuated and the troops srnt to ioin
the main Union army. Neither was done. nj
though Mcclellan had recommended that tho
Ferry should he abandoned, us it wus Of no
great strategic Importance But Gen. Hal
lerk Thought Harprr's Ferry must lr held at
all hazard, just rs Lee thought it must ho
taken Mt all hazard.
Lees special order No. 1911" informed
Mcclellan that jackson was to eros, ,hc po.
tomac and take possession of Mnrtinslurp.
Va, and the Baltimore and Ohio railroad nj
that point. MrI.aws was to talc possession
of Maryland heights. then of the town Of
llarpcrs Ferry, opposite. Walker was to
cross Tie Potomac below Il:rvrr's Ferry,
move up the Virginia side nnl possess him
self of l.ou'lon heights and cooperate with
MrLawS. Byrefcrrin% TO the ni;:;, thu reader
will see where the points named ar. situated.
Tho story may be told brr'v. IIarprr's
Ferry was surrendered t. th" Cunfe,lerates
Sept. 10, with all the garrison, except the
cavalry, which lad escaped. There was
sharp fighting. Col. Miles received {, wnunh
from which he died next day. Al the an
proach of Jackson Gen. White, with his ittlo
command, had left Martinsbnr;, and Joined
Miles ut llarper's Ferry. Miles being
wounded, it was White who surrendered tho
garrison hy advice of councilof war. There
have been few points of controversy during
our civil war moro hotly discussed than
whether Miles should have surrendered IIar
pcr's Ferry. The surrounding heights com.
manded the place completely, and these
speedily fell into possession Of the Confr,lcr-
ates, because Miles had not mon enough TO
man them.
After Col. Miles den Ii his action in Weld
ing up Harpcr's Ferry was rcnsurpI l,y the
government. Gen. Juliu; White, in n recent
number of The Century, a,E, lhu.r wl,o still
find fault with the SUR, .i,!,r to. xpain how
garrison of raw recruits, under fire for tho
first time, could hold thrca square miles
against veteran solirrs three times their
number and occupying positions which COM
mande1 the whole field
Col. Miles had sent urgent messages both
to Halleck and Mcclellan that lr rolll not
The Dickinson press., 1887-10-08

BARBARA FHlETCHlE. years old. Her
United States flag was displayed from one OF
the little windows i'll the roof when Stoncwall
Jackson came to town, where
She leaned far out on the window sill,
And shook it forth with right good WILL
Mcclellan had been puzzled L. know what
Lee would do next after the battle of Chan
tilly. He knew by September that they
had crossed into Maryland He followed,
but was uncertain which route Lee would
take from Frederick. He advanced on that
town, hut slowly and cautiously, overesti-
mating, as lie had done before at Rich
mond, the strength of Lees army.
He reached Frederick Sept. l3 and occil-
pied it after n skirmish with Lees rear
guard. The CnnfcderntrS had evacuated the
place, hut where had they gone nowl He
found ont i'll n singular way. A copy of Gen.
Lees orders to Ills commanding generals had
been left i'll ID. H. Hills headquarters Mt
Frederick. when the Confederate army quit
ted there September IL. The order was issued
September ., and was three days old when it
was handed to Mcclellan. 1t told him all he
wanted to know.
II p"peS dispatch book had been captured
by the C"nfr'ltratcs II month before, and tho
Federal plans laid bare, the Union army was
avenged now. The fatal special order no.
l9l' revealed Tint Ilarper's Ferry, Va. was
;h,. great ohiertivcl"nto of Lee This special
order became known through the south us tho
Lost Dispatch" Gen. ". III. Hill, however,
declares that it ml>td Mcclellan, and that
it did not amount to anything anyway.
The Dickinson press., 1887-10-08

field. That, per- tEN' JESSE l.. RENO
haps, is enough to know. He was born III
Pennsylvania i'll 1925 ana appointed to West
Point when only IL years old. Both Cen
Mcclellan and Stonewall jackson were his
classmates at West Point He served with
distinguished bravery in the Mexican war
and was wounded at Chapultepec. He was
assistant professor of mathematics ut West
Point for time. During his brief career i'll
the civil war he came into honorable notice
whenever fighting was to be done. lie
served with the army i'll the east
Before the battle of South Mountain Lees
army was widely scattered Mcclellan had
nearly 100000 men at his command, Lee less
than GONO all told. Mcclellan recognized
the situation, and made known his intention
to "cut the enemy i'll two and beat him in ,c-
tall Gen. Longstreet was ut Hagerstown
with his men, and between that and Halpcr's
Ferry, i'll Virginia, Lees lines were stretched
out very thin.
If McClrllan's army could pass through
Turner's Gap in South Mountain, lie would
have Lees army really cut i'll two, the forces
of Lo 6 trcct and ID. II. Hill Icing on his
right, the rest of them, fully half, around
Harper's Ferry. Movement with all speed
was demanded.
Sept. Is, Lee heard that the Union army
was approaching Turner's Gap Hill was
faced about to meet them and delay them
until Lees forces could put themselves to.
gethcr ngnin Hill left Boonshoro with all
haste, nnl marched up South Mountain to
Turner's Gap. He reached the top in tho
early morning of the 18th.
Another Sunday battle was that of South
Mountain. Fox's Gap wasa pass through
which what was called tho old Shall,slur;,
road passed, and jle next battle after South
Mountain was to I've fought nj Sharp,burg
Gen. Garland's Confederate brigade met
Cox's advance Mt Fox's Gnp Garland n.-
self was killed about 10 O'Clock, gallan,ly
fighting, and his brigade routed He Was yet
ny"'l!is man, clrd his death was greatly la
mcnic,. at the south
In the fight at FoX's Gap the advance line
of Cox'S brigade was the Twenty third Ohio
regiment, led hy Lieut. Col. r. i. IIavcs.
The Dickinson press., 1887-10-08

He had entered Maryland Sept. with not
quite 5000 infantry troops. He ha,l lost
nearly 10000 men by exhaustion and strag-
Cling in those thirteen days. In the battle of
Antictam Mcclellan had 81, 7,1G4 men, &C, ,OoC
being engaged i'll the fight.
Concerning this fight Gen. Longstreet
speaks his mind from the Confederate
standpoint in his usual free manner.
Speaking of the night of tie 18th, after Lee
heard of the fall of Harper's Ferry. he says:
"Right then VIC should have retired from
Sharpshnrg and gone to the Virginia silo Of
the Potomac"
Mcclellan followed tho retreat of Hill and
Longstrcct on the 18th. There was II slight
skirmis on the borders of the Antietam OH the
18th. During all the 10th both armies were
busy preparing for the tremendous fight
which they know was impending. BY the
18th the Confederate Gen. McI.aws, too, had
been ahl" to join Lee ut Sharpshurg.
The l."rnng of September II found most
of McClelan's army across tho Antietnm, on
the same side with the Confcderates. Hooker
had crossed first, the afternoon of tho 10th.
There was OH that day all indccslve brusl,
between Gems. Hooker and Hood. Gen,
HocRers corps formed tho extreme Fed.
eral right at tho battle of Artiet,m
The Dickinson press., 1887-10-08

on South Mountain that Sunday, September
IA. 1852, the Fedvrals We're in every case act
ually victorious. But the strategic victory
WI was all on the si,le of the Confcdcrates.
Ihat .!aj gave time for Lees scattered forces
to begin to get together again. d. H. Hill
says that he was fighting for time" all that
bloody day. He gained it. If McClellans
army had crossed the passes even one day
to the Fc.lerals, and Lees army would have
found it impossible 10 rcunite.
South Mountain itself is not single peak,
but one long, unlroien ridge, continuing
many miles. At its summit near Turner's
Gap lisa Point called the Mountain House.
From hS elevated position the Confederate
general Hill gazed on the approach of Nc
Clellans army i'll the valley below Far MS
the eye could see i'll the distance, the march,
ing men came on, column upon column. "It
was Z; grand and glorious spectacle" says
Gen. Hill; Il had never seen SO tremendous
an army before. did not SEQ one like it af-
The Dickinson press., 1887-10-08

col" DIXON S. MILES. conluct ot IJ,r.
pcr's Ferry. He had been unwilling to sur
render it till council Of war decided that it
must lie done.
Henry Kyd Douglas, Confederate officer
who winr sod thr surrender Of tirl Julius
White l"Stoncwall jackson. s!"alis Of tho
contrast i'll appearance between the two. lie
say:
"Grn White, riding handsome blnck
h""s., was carefully dressed, and had on un-
tar'li>h''l gloves, boots and sword. On tho
Other hand, t;cn. jackson was the dn.icst,
w"l ! dressed and worst mounted general TINT
wrriipr who cared for good looks and style
would mish to surrender to-"
E"n Ices idea in possessing himself of
l'al"rS Ferry was to gain u position COM
aiming both north and south. From
linrial, Ferry he could move north into
lrnnSylvania. This would draw MrClellan's
nrlny nwrN from the capital, leaving it de-
fcm!"l hy only q small force. L"rs army
could lrn march swiftly on Washington in
the rear, AID perhaps even take tho capital
city of the (uiuu
The Dickinson press., 1887-10-08

Iltlllll.FtlltLciN ell >H'' 1> So '''''A|'
tered The Cnnfcl"ra:. service us colonl'f u
y ri Carolina regiment. Ilc WIS nc:::,y
cm m.a.cl throughout the whol" war. In: n;
s..'n'ily becomes major G"" r;.l and division
conmanlc. He va; II bro,hcr.ia-aw of
Con 'Ston"wnll' .T;,ci;>nn.
lie ,lis,l#vrl gootl reneralslip Sept H.
1$;ii,., ut South N ,',n:ain.
On the nl:pof Merchant will bn seen .!,oc
short mountain RACES or SpulS r,l:i:l.!ig
slightly cast of Eor;..i f.osl Ia" lift hnnl; II
the Potomac river = - sn,,!h"r,v j ~.
Catoctin, the rnxI is r.. -. q e. u. s. t.
mountains While ,y.s' .r ,nt ia t.".ri.p";r.'
short Elk n,n,u:,:.n ;an." Tir:- |. .on.; t.,
the Blue Ridge system. 1t WIS :'lI ;,,,o"t ,',is
region. marching aud counter n;,r,l.:n-,
dn,l:ing THROUGH tn" ,no.,,:;:,i, rps, La, III.
Fcl,lalunl Confnhr."e.. e..;: Il: III" Il ;,.;l, ii
campaign quarter cet!":@ mso Pa =.
Valley. often nrntnnr,l ,''-,.n ,:r. L.;
mountain and Sou':, non,7in ,;,n:,, Zoo" :
bnYo is n village near thcfno of South l.l,,::,-
tain on its west Side l,o"l,.horo is thirteen
miles fr"m IIag",st"::n. which is ON the
northwest.
The battl" of South Monn.;:a. Sept II.
wns a series of short yi .nGi,' liz. lltnlv
fights around Turner'S Gap, FoSs Ga, nml
Cramrton's Cap. These were passes through
which the roads crossing Soutl M"untain
led. They were several mills apart. lm.:i,,-
ming with Turner'S Gap on til" ror'h. Fnx's
Gap was next south If that. n,nl south ,i
Fox's Gap was Champions Gnp, towards
Harper's Ferry.
The famous special order No. 1Il" told
Mcclellan lee considered the possession Of
Harper's Ferry of so much importance that
l,e had Divided his army To get il
Stonewall Jackson's command and Walk
err, division had crossed the Potomac, Jncix-
son above and Walker below Harper's Ferry.
Thence they were to come together and take
the Ferry. At the same time Gen. Lafay-
cite McT.aws was 10 approach the ferry from
the Maryland shore and take possession Of
Maryland Heights opposite the ferry, and
thence aid in reducing the town. Lee him
self, with I.ongstrect's division, d. H. Hill as
a rear guard, was to be at Boonsboro or
Hagerstown, waiting till Harpers Ferry was
reduced j. f. B. Stuart, the cavalryman,
was to send n detachment Of his men with
Gems. Longstreet, Jackson and McLaws,
cnch and then with tho main body OF his
cavalry cover the route Of the army and
"bring up all stragglers."
After capturing Harper's Ferry Jackson.
Mrj-a%s and Walker were to Join the main
body of the Confederate army at Bo"nsboro
or Haecrstown. AT the time OF tho battle Ct
South Mountain Longstrcet hal already gone
Oil to Hagers:own with his division, leaving
only d. II. Hills rear guard at Boonsboro.
He marched back, however, in time tn finish
the battle oi Sept. II. The first attack was
made on Fox's Gap by Gen. ]. D. Cox's dvis-
ion at 0 u. III.
Jacob D. Cox is native of Montreal, Can
ada. Lnru in 1S1S Hn is llnnnynr of Nr1Y
The Dickinson press., 1887-10-08


uwai re.cnforcc- GEN JOSEPH HOOKER
mcnts. at 3o'clock they came pouring in
Wilic"x's nu'! S'urgis' divisions nn, Harlan's,
Fairchilds and Gibbons brigades.
Gen. lockers division was sent to swee1
around towards the north and do up the fight
ing ut Turner's Gap.
"Fiehti:,y joe Hooker" distinguished him.
self at South Mountain as elsewhere. He
vas already major general of volunteers,
and commanded the First division of the
First army corps (Bnrnsilc's). His name be-
!,nys to the whole country, hut he was n ma
tive of Massachusetts, born in 1915 He was
graduated at West Point in 1885, aud entered
the artillery. lie served in the Mexican war,
but resigned ut length from the army and
settled i'll California. He entered the United
States volunteer service from that state in
1861, and was commissioned brga,licr gen
cral He was severely wounded at the battle
nf Antietam or SharpSburg, which ilnme-
,liatey followed that OF South Mountain
Early in 1863 the command of tho whole
Army Of the Potomac was given to him. He
held it about six months, then was transferred
to The west and served at Chattanooga and
through the Atlanta campaign. Gen.
Hooker died on Long Island In 1919.
M''ulltlHlc, WlllIr lilE TetleIul nlIIly WuS re-
ceving re-cnforccnlcnts at South Mountain,
the Confelcrntcs had not been left without
them At 3 o'clock Longstrcet's division
came up, after hurried march from JIagers.
town During the forenoon tho Confederate
general, Hill, had had only five brigales with
which to confront nearly all of MrClellan's
slowly arriving army. When Longstreets
command arrived in the afternoon there were
fourteen brigades in all, against eighteen
Federal brigades, with all the rest of Nc
Clella!i's army in the rear.
The first advance toward Turner's Gap had
been made on Saturday, Sept. 10, by Pleas
onton's cavalry. This apprised tho Confed-
crates that Mcclellan was close after them
Gen. Pleasonton, however, on that day merely
made n forward movement and retired, per-
ceiving Colquitt's and Garland's Confederate
brigades ut the Gap.
The Confederate brigades of Drayton Law,
G. L. Anderson and Hood, OF I.ongstrrrts
division, after their arrival frontc'l Cox nt
Fox's Gap On tho north, at Turner's Gap,
opposed to Hooker were the Lrigadcs of
Robes. Colquitt, Garnett and several others.
AT F"xs Gap the fight ragged all day. AT
Turner's Gap it ragged only during the latter
part Of the afternoon At both points the
Confnlcrates were beaten.
That 18th of September was the day OF
mountain gap battles Down at Cramp;on's
Gap there was yet third fight The Con-
Tolerate general, Lafayette McLaws occu-
pied Maryland Heights, opposite Harper's
Ferry. 1t was the day before the surrender
of the Ferry.
But Gen. McLaws kept strict watch over
Champion Gap, in view of the very con-
The Dickinson press., 1887-10-08
ON THE POTOMAC.
Campaign of South Mountain
and the Antietam.
M'CLELLAN'S LAST BATTLE,
Lees Invasion of Maryland
twenty-five Years Ago.

HOW Stonewall Jackson's Men Sang
"My Maryland" on the Potomac.
"The Lord Bless Your Ragged, Dirty
So"ls!-Lee's Lost Dispatch-Battlc
of the Three Mountain Passcs-Cau-
ture of Harpcr's Ferry by the Confetl-
er"tcs-Ihe Sunken Road at Sharps-
burs-Duni,er Church.
III INC CONSERVATION that reigned at Wash
lngton after the second hattlc of Bull Run.
aug 1o, ls'i2, Hnllecl Wrote Il h,stv note to
Mcclellan, as follows: "You will retain the
command of everything i'll this vicinity not
temporarily to be Popc's army in the field.
beg of You to assist me i'll this crisis with
your ability and experience"
Mcclellan, at the time of receiving this
note, was not i'll command of ANYTHING to
Speak of. His army had been mostly sent to
Pope i'll Nirginia. Hallecls order meant
that Mcclellan was to take command of the
defclscs of the city of Washington, and that
Immediately.
Aftci' the bloody fight of Chantilv, Sept.
L, ten. Pope's Union army-wat was left Of
lt-strasslrd into Washington, ragged, foot
sore, ani half starved. They were allowed
10 rest AMI liill themselves together a-ain
lor n lew 'laN' within the intrcichmen,S of
the city. Meantime, Pope once more TO-
que>ted TO ba relieved of his command and
sent back west. His request was allowed
SEPT. he turned his face westward, and his
back ON that eastern army which he Believed
had never supported him sincerely. Niany
oi his rountrymcn shared TIE same opinion
1t was declared that had Mcclellan hurried
lranklin> and Summers corps forward to
tlr Sli,,Drf of pnin, l,, i
to do the Union defeat at the second Bull
Run woull not have happened. Horace
Greeley, in lis american Conflict" saws so
III SO many words. He writes: Had they
been there two days earlier, and hul Porter
now ana then condescended To obey an order,
that defeat might have- been transformed
into victory"
at any rate, whosesoever the fault. popcs
ploouy ana unsatisfactory campaign, was
over. His star in the east had zone. down
The eyes of 'ht country once more turned tn
Nceivlal I.ioSe first Years of the war
Wee, on the Union scle Il desperate hunting
after great generals
SeN, =, fr.Si,!rnt Lincoln and Cen Hal
lee; l'!a" II AvCl"iian again nj TN. Lnoi nf
oll the eastern ;lllny. Tney por,.nallv called
Mt li!' lnlSc and asked him t. take command
again. The Army of Nir.in;, was no more.
and the reorganizctl Army of the Potomac.
rose upon its ruins
TIE amy in Washington having rested,
still! formed rs fine II body of fighting, men rs
need he. Rest brought back their old spirits.
recruits poured Ill from all quarters, and soon
filled out the sstlrtnnzel Regiments Sept !
Mcclellan led out OF Washington an army
n'."" strong. \ new campaign WAS to re-
Sire IN" confidence of the country i'll her
H"un!, Napoleon.
l;h''!'i "''' lett III command of the drf"llscs
nj W;!siiiii. ION. MrClcllu, lsl ont from the
city ~" First, Second. Sixth. Ninth and